Chapter 1334: Sharp-tongued, proud celebrity & super-rich insecure wife 11

Seeing Chu Yin and Cheng Yi go in, the other guests could see the situation inside through the one‑way window.

After the main gate was closed, there was no light in the room, and the projector started playing automatically.

"Heavens..."

The moment the image appeared, An Yun was so frightened she covered her mouth and lunged straight into Bai Qing's embrace.

All four blank walls were playing clips from horror movies in rotation, and eerie ghostly wails echoed throughout the room.

Shen Shi didn't dare look any longer, he breathed a sigh of relief, glad that Jin Chen was formidable enough that they wouldn't end up last.

"It's so scary… I can't even imagine what I'd look like if I were frightened in here."

"No wonder this dating show is called the true‑love touchstone—any couple with a shaky relationship would probably get scared into breaking up…"

"Haven't you watched the first season? The two lovebirds broke up right here, and only at the critical moment did they find out whether it was true love (dog head)."

"So our little Yi is an angel!! Her boyfriend lost but had no complaints, and obediently accepted the punishment."

The horror punishment lasted ten minutes.

During it, Cheng Yi grew paler and paler from fright, with various ghastly wails ringing in her ears nonstop.

"Little Yi, sorry."

Chu Yin, on the other hand, wasn't afraid of these; even the bloody visuals weren't pleasant, but what he felt most was guilt toward Cheng Yi.

Cheng Yi paused for a few seconds, her expression shifting from dissatisfied and icy to full of affection; wronged and pitiful, she grabbed Chu Yin's sleeve and said, "I… I'm a little scared."

"Can you hug me?"

Chu Yin's cold, hard heart was moved; he hesitated to hug Cheng Yi, keeping some distance, but the next second she flung herself into his arms.

"I'm really scared… it's not fake."

Cheng Yi whispered coquettishly in his ear, the implication being that this gesture had nothing to do with the hype agreement.

Chu Yin instinctively held her tighter, patting her back to soothe her.

Outside the glass window, Jin Chen sneaked up beside Shen Shi and whispered, "Shen Shi, when are you going to act cute for me to see?"

Shen Shi: "……"

"I won't."

He pressed his lips shut, stopped looking at the hallway murals, and turned to Jin Chen, "I've never had this experience… Do you like people who act cute?"

Because he didn't want others to hear, Shen Shi lowered his voice, which to Jin Chen sounded soft and fragile.

It was soft and gentle—practically no different from acting cute!

Jin Chen's brow twitched slightly as he cupped Shen Shi's face and rubbed it, saying, "All right, I declare you've learned how to act cute!"

Shen Shi looked up blankly, thinking that Jin Chen was getting better and better at coaxing people.

Then he thought, Jin Chen loves rubbing faces so much; fortunately he didn't listen to the Director Team's request to put on light makeup, otherwise… otherwise he would have lost many chances to be intimate with Jin Chen.

Shen Shi's face remained expressionless, but his inner thoughts were growing, his lips slightly curving as he edged closer to Jin Chen.

【Heartbeat Value detected +2, total now 54!】

After the Chu Yin–Cheng Yi combination punishment, the butler led them to the next destination.

The restaurant.

All facilities of the Rose Zhuang Yuan were luxurious and exquisite; each room had growing roses, the restaurant's goldware was arranged properly, and the view was superb.

【What a luxurious setting!! No wonder we're eating here—filming all day?】

【Bold guess! Are the guests not supposed to stay here tonight?! Otherwise they'd be wasting this set!】

【Following last season's convention, the first episode is filmed continuously! There are also clues at night!】

"Please, detectives, sample our estate's cuisine and begin the official investigation."

The butler gestured toward the buffet table.

"The first place prize is the freedom to choose a meal package and view its clues; the remaining three teams cannot choose freely, but they may opt to exchange information with each other."

Lin Cheng sighed, "We missed first place!"

As first place, Jin Chen pulled Shen Shi to the buffet table, where a sentence was written on the wall.

"What is the price of love?"

After reading it, Jin Chen looked at the four plates on the table, each with a corresponding answer in front.

The four plates, from left to right, were: Never Meet, River of Time, Soul Resonance, Same Fate.

Jin Chen hissed, "That's still pretty cruel."

"Which one do you want?" he asked Shen Shi.

"This one."

Shen Shi pointed to the third phrase, "Soul Resonance."

After all, the other options didn't look good either, and Shen Shi had never considered himself superstitious.

"As you say."

Jin Chen lifted the third plate and first examined the clue inside.

Shen Shi picked up the slip of paper and unfolded it; the clue had no direction, "just the corresponding definition."

Jin Chen rested his chin on Shen Shi's shoulder and softly read the clue on the slip.

"Only a soul that knows your familiar ache and romance can be our correct answer."

The low, sexy voice echoed in his ears; hearing Jin Chen finish, Shen Shi's heart skipped a beat, then pounded rapidly—thump, thump, thump.

It was as if it were a love confession spoken just for him.

And Jin Chen was merely thinking…

"What is this?"

"Who allowed the clue to be this abstract!"

Jin Chen embraced Shen Shi, sullenly saying, "This clue is better not given."

Being all close, noticing Shen Shi's cheeks warming, Jin Chen suddenly sat up straight, "Why are you blushing?"

Shen Shi rubbed his ears, feigning calm, "... No, do you want to look at the clues in the other plates?"

"Look, why not take the reward?"

Jin Chen remained standing behind him, his arm wrapping around Shen Shi's shoulder to open another plate.

After examining the three clues, neither of them found anything useful, after all the information they currently had was almost none.

Jin Chen photographed and saved the other three slips for later reference when more information is found.

When the other plates were served, the other three groups of guests also reached agreement, deciding to share their clues with each other.

Lin Cheng shook the slip in his hand.

"Never to meet again."

He read the slip's meaning: "You are a possibility I can never possess."

Xiang Xiaoyu made a bitter melon face, "This probably doesn't count as sweet talk, how pitiful."

An Yun took the slip from Bai Qing's hand, softly saying, "Ours is the river of time! This meaning is not bad."

An Yun's fair cheeks flushed a little, he turned around and recited to Bai Qing.

"In the lonely river of time, only life and you are eternal."

Cheng Yi: "This plate holds the same fate."

"Our love is even more natural than dying together."

Xiang Xiaoyu is a lyricist, sensitive to this; after hearing all the answers' explanations, he spoke while eating.

"It sounds like sweet talk, but actually they're all tragic cores; these four lines perhaps refer to the feelings between a youth and his lover?"

Jin Chen listened to the other guests' analysis, eating thoughtfully, he looked again at the words on the wall, suddenly came to, lowered his head, and glanced at the braised pork in the plate.

Then he shamelessly took the fish from Shen Shi's bowl, and gave him the bland meat instead.

"This is very spicy," Jin Chen muttered, "Eat less of it; later you'll have more props to eat."

Shen Shi's brows relaxed, he obediently ate the fish Jin Chen had picked for him.

〖Alright alright, Jin Chen really does care about Shen Shi, not at all selfish as the internet says. 〗

〖Just pretending!! I want to see how long he can keep it up! 〗

〖Even the pretending is fine……You forgot the 'dead pretending bros' combo from last season, right... It's said he'll be a flying guest next episode. 〗

〖Last season everyone was polite, no one dared to retort him, this season there's the sharp-tongued guy Jin Chen (dog head). 〗